grandstand play
Example Sentences
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This isn’t a grandstand play on my part; I’ve discovered—and you can see it in other entertainers—when they don’t reach out to the audience, nothing happens.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2012
The current flap over the sudden awakening of these men to the un-American nature of their clubs seems to smack more of the old grandstand play than of any enlightenment.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week "100%" Nichols made what looked like his last possible grandstand play short of shutting down completely.
From Time Magazine Archive
He accused Rickenbacker, in effect, of staging a grandstand play.
From Time Magazine Archive
When he realized he was licked he tried to save his face by a grandstand play.
From Heart of the Sunset by Rex Ellingwood Beach
